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Registration for Community Garden is now open

February 11, 2025

WAKEFIELD — Registration is now open to secure a plot in Wakefield’s Community Garden for the 2025 season. Managed by Wakefield’s Recreation Department, the Town’s Community Garden features over 40 4’ x 8…

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Circle K gets beer, wine license

February 11, 2025

By MARK SARDELLA

WAKEFIELD – Soon you will have another store in Wakefield where you can purchase beer and wine. The Town Council last night voted to approve a beer and wine license for the Circle K convenience store, which operates in conjunction with the Irving gas station at 448 Salem St. in Montrose.

Representing…

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Front Page: February 10, 2025

February 10, 2025

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Seniors to Seniors seeks participants

February 10, 2025

WAKEFIELD — Seniors to Seniors is a cross-generational event that brings high school seniors and seniors in our community together…

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Front Page: February 7, 2025

February 7, 2025

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School progress

February 7, 2025

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Should school start later?

February 7, 2025

By NEIL ZOLOT

WAKEFIELD – Starting classes at the high school 45 to 60 minutes later than the current time of 7:30 a.m. will affect after school programs and activities in and out of the schools, according to a panel at the third community meeting on the matter convened by Superintendent Doug Lyons Wednesday, February…

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Front Page: February 6, 2025

February 6, 2025

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Throwback Thursday: Building a high school one century ago

February 6, 2025

WHAT A DIFFERENCE a century makes. Compare the technology currently being used to construct the new high school on Farm Street to this photo from 1921 showing the ground being prepared for the new Wakefield High School on the Main Street site of the old Cyrus Wakefield estate. A steam shovel was used to fill

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Lawmakers: WFD getting safety equipment grant

February 6, 2025

BOSTON — State Senator Jason Lewis and State Representatives Kate Lipper-Garabedian and Donald Wong are pleased to announce that the Wakefield Fire Department will be receiving a $18,916 state grant to purchase new safety equipment to protect their firefighters through the Firefighter Safety Equipment Grant Program.

Fire departments across Massachusetts are able to utilize this…

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Front Page: February 5, 2025

February 5, 2025

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WMGLD Energy Park is on its way

February 5, 2025

THE FUTURE HOME of the WMGLD Energy Park on Hemlock Rd.

WAKEFIELD — Work is progressing on the Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department (WMGLD) Energy Park on Hemlock Rd. with much of the land cleared, the retaining wall built and the cornerstone laid. The Energy Park which will be interconnected to the WMGLD electric…

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